Chow y sniffled. "He just had so wine...But we still have the glass! He had kept it in the used glasses section!"
As it turned out, the glasses were yet to be sent for washing so it was a perfect chance for Mingshen to intervene.
"Great. Shilin."
"Yes, Boss."
"Send all those glasses for testing. We’ll find out which glass is laced with poison."
Hou Huan’s gaze darkened. "Dr. Yang. Please refrain from creating unnecessary chaos tonight. This is my son’s engagent ceremony. I won’t allow anybody to ruin it."
Jia’s eyes narrowed. "Mrs. Hou. A healthy guest has collapsed in your house and potentially poisoned. The party is inconsequential at this mont."
"It’s just a misunderstanding," her tone grew severe. "How do we know that he couldn’t be sick from before?"
Chow y bit her lip. "What do you an he was sick? He wasn’t sick at all! Until just a few hours ago, we did our shooting and he was all okay! Even when we left together to co here, he was still fine!"
"Yes, yes, he was fine! I attest to that!"
And so arrived Yang Bingqing, flipping her hairlocks back in style.
"I had talked to him just a few minutes before and he was fine. How dare you insinuate otherwise? I’m Bai Caishen’s biggest fan," her nostrils flared. "I even took his autograph!"
The guests - "..."
Yang Bingqing from the great Yang family is obsessed with a drama actor? And even took his autograph?
She then pointed her finger at Hou Tengqi. "I know why you did this. You are jealous of Bai Caishen!"
Mingshen rolled his eyes.
Well guess Mom’s dream of acting on a stage finally ca to fruition. But isn’t she being too dramatic?
His expression worsened. "Mrs. Yang. You might be his fan but there is a limit to telling lies!"
She sneered. "Lies? It’s your face that’s lying. It leaks of jealousy. You were always uncomfortable with his friendship with ng Rin. You didn’t even want him to be here but were forced to accept ng Rin’s choices! I cannot believe you could go so far as poisoning a man!"
The guests murmured among themselves, especially the ones who were physically closer during the heated exchange between them.
"Mr. Hou did seem a little agitated while talking to Mr. Bai."
"Mr. Bai was very calm on the other hand."
Hou Tengqi’s veins popped on his temple. "You dare slander like this in front of everybody? Do you think you can get away with it just because you are a Yang?"
Yang Bingqing tossed her hair again with a scoff. "I don’t need the Yang na to speak the truth! Your own face exposes you. You were practically growling whenever Bai Caishen smiled at ng Rin. Hmph, you couldn’t control your inferiority complex!"
Gasps rippled through the crowd.
ng Rin, pale and trembling, pressed her fingers together. "That’s...that’s not..."
But Hou Tengqi cut her off, snarling, "Shut up! You think I would poison so second-rate actor because I was jealous? Don’t be ridiculous! He is nothing compared to !"
Yang Bingqing folded her arms, eyes glinting like daggers. "Then explain why the man you despise is the only one lying unconscious while the rest of us are perfectly fine."
Shilin, who had been quietly collecting the glasses, now had half a tray balanced in his hands. "Boss, I’ll send these right away."
Hou Huan stepped in front of him. "Stop right there! Nobody is taking anything from my household without my permission."
Mingshen’s lips curled in amusent. "Why? Do you admit there is evidence worth protecting? Thank you, Mrs. Hou. That simplifies my work."
Her jaw clenched. "Don’t twist my words, Dr. Yang!"
Jia stepped forward. "If you obstruct an investigation while a guest lies poisoned under your roof, the police will be very interested. Do you really want this engagent rembered for a criminal cover-up?"
"Yes, my dear Jia! Tell them! He poisoned Bai Caishen because he couldn’t tolerate his closeness with ng Rin. Huhu, poor her. I had seen her crying all alone in the room before the party started..."
The atmosphere tightened, heavy with tension. Guests exchanged uneasy glances.
"What do you an crying?" Hou Delan intervened. "She was fine. I was with her the whole ti."
Her eyes narrowed. "But you weren’t at the ti when your younger brother-in-law was shalessly barging in her space and hitting on her."
Hou Tengqi froze and so did his mother.
"I was there when it happened. I had to practically drag him away from ng Rin! Even though she is going to marry his brother, he was shalessly eyeing her like so hungry beast. Poor ng Rin was so terrified...!"
Jia’s head jerked towards. "Is this true? Did he harass you?"
ng Rin’s hands trembled. She looked up at Yang Bingqing once and saw a faint but reassuring smile in them. As the crowd’s stupefied gazes landed on hers, who were too stunned to absorb this news, she had a decision to make.
’You want this to be over, don’t you?’ Yang Bingqing held her hand and asked just after she drove Hou Jielun away.
’Then side with us tonight. This is your chance to escape the Hou family for good.’
"It’s...it’s..." ng Rin trembled, "true..."
"Poor you! Just look how trembling she is! She had to put on a brave face just to keep the Hou family’s respect but she had been silently suffering!" She sniffled.
Hou Huan threw a severe gaze at her son as if saying - ’Make her stop before this gets escalated.’
But it seed like Hou Tengqi was in another zone altogether and couldn’t hear her words.
Touch her...? Jielun touched her...?
Before he could absorb the sudden bomb dropped upon him, a punch ca flying to his cheek. He staggered backward and held his cheek, feeling completely silent in his head.
Then he slowly looked up in a daze. He looked further up to et the vicious eyes of a man he had t before during the charity function.
"You...You tried to kill my brother...?" Bai Yingtai said, albeit dangerously close to dozing off.
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